1 Chronicles 24:15

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler continues a systematic inventory of the twenty-four priestly divisions, assigning each numbered rotation to a specific family leader during the temple worship organization.

The words — לְ/חֵזִיר (le./che.Zir) and לְ/הַפִּצֵּ֖ץ (le./hap.pi.Tzetz) literally mean "to Hezir" and "to Happizzez," functioning as prepositional markers that attach each designated priestly family to its fixed service number.

The thread — This verse operates within the continuous numerical sequence of priestly allotments in 1 Chronicles 24:14-16, mirroring the same organizational structure recorded in Nehemiah 12:4-7 and Ezra 2:36-39.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that sacred service is distributed by divine order rather than human preference, demanding obedience to a fixed rotational schedule for temple duties.

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